“Stephen “Buddha” Leafloor, a longstanding B-boy, social worker, and founder of BluePrintForLife, is turning to crowdfunding for his organization’s latest non-profit venture, BluePrint Pathways, a Hip Hop social outreach program for incarcerated youth. With 30 days to raise funds to bring this program to youth correctional facilities across Canada, Leafloor
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The Other Side of the River: Engaged Arts on the Rez by Chris Bose (Kamloops)
This essay by Chris Bose was written in 2008 while he was the Community Arts Coordinator for the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society (SCES) in Kamloops, BC. Although it’s a few years old, it’s an interesting read about his experience working with the Secwepemc people in a position that, at the
“What Does Art Have To Do With Health?”: Notes from an Arts & Health Webinar
How hip hop heals, the bridge between Aboriginal health and art, and how music helps reduce anxiety in older adults were topics at the “What Does Art Have To Do With Health?” webinar I attended in June. It was hosted by Kira Tozer, of the Arts Health Network Canada. The
Introducing – DAREarts Atlantic: Stories from a DAREarts Artist-Educator
Hunter and Son Cathy Elliott is an artist educator with DAREarts’ First Roots program. Once a month, Cathy shares her stories and experiences working with our First Nations youth in remote northern communities such as Webequie (ON), Marten Falls (ON), Sioux Lookout (ON), Attawapiskat (ON) and Indian Brook (NS). It’s
Community art project created in partnership with Sex Workers Alliance Network Sudbury & Myths and Mirrors (Sudbury, ON)
Myths and Mirrors is a multidisciplinary arts organization in Sudbury, ON. They are currently facilitating a really unique arts initiative called The Swan Project. While Myths and Mirrors offers a fantastic range of programming aimed at all members of the community, this project in particular caught my attention as it
ArtBridges’ Membership Spotlight: My First Experience with Programs Without Walls by Mario Murray (Art Starts)
“It’s 9:20 and I’m almost an hour early for the Creative Expressions Workshop. Art Starts has run many programs in the Jane and Woolner neighbourhood but this is the first time they’ve offered pottery. In walks Katherine Earl (Program Director and fellow Art Starter) and to my great satisfaction she takes me on an
DAREarts Out on the Land in Attawpiskat: Stories from a DAREarts Artist-Educator (North ON)
Wacheeya Attawapiskat Cathy Elliott is an artist educator with DAREarts’ First Roots program. Once a month, Cathy shares her stories and experiences working with our First Nations youth in remote northern communities such as Webequie (ON), Marten Falls (ON), Sioux Lookout (ON), Attawapiskat (ON) and Indian Brook (NS). It’s an
All Nations Healin’ Thru Artz in the News (Regina)
All Nations Healin’ Thru Artz (ANHTA) was featured in Regina newspaper, Leader Post. In the story, ANHTA founder, Monica Fogel, shares the troubled past that inspired her to reach out to Regina’s at-risk youth, many of which live in North Central, an area that was once declared “Canada’s worst neighbourhood”
My Drum’s Journey: Stories from a DAREarts Artist-Educator
Photo by Cathy Elliott / Drum painted by Cathy Elliott Cathy Elliott is an artist educator with DAREarts’ First Roots program. Once a month, Cathy shares her stories and experiences working with our First Nations youth in remote northern communities such as Webequie (ON), Marten Falls (ON), Sioux Lookout (ON),
Trace Project Engages Community in Creation of Massive Sculpture for Canadian Museum for Human Rights (Winnipeg)
“Winnipeg artist, Rebecca Belmore invites the people of Winnipeg to participate in the creation of TRACE, a large sculpture/installation being made for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, opening in Winnipeg in September 2014. Thousands of hand-pressed beads using clay from beneath the city of Winnipeg need to be created